Our advanced assessment tool allows you to build engaging content to assess your students' learning. You can add videos to your assessments in a few different ways.
Requirements:
Acceptable file types: YouTube, Vimeo, Brightcove (method 2 only), mp4
Maximum file size for an mp4: 100mb
There are three methods for adding a video into an Advanced Assessment:
Method 1: Using the Simple Feature: This allows you to add a video directly into the content of a question so that it appears along with the question. These are added using the Rich Text Toolbar and can appear in any question type.
Method 2: Using the Video Player Feature: This will embed the video into the item as a stand-alone video, not necessarily embedded into a specific question.
Method 3: Embedding a Video: This will embed the video into the item or passage as part of the content. This works for videos stored online from Google Drive.
Method 1: Using the Simple Feature
This allows you to embed a video directly into the content of a question so that it appears along with the question. These are added using the Rich Text Toolbar and can appear in any question type.
Step 1: While composing the question, select the Simple Feature icon.
Step 2: Choose the video type.
Step 3.1: For videos from YouTube or Vimeo, copy and paste the URL into the Source URL field.
Step 3.2: For a video file from your device (must be an mp4), select Hosted Video.
Now you can upload an existing video or record a new video directly in Otus.
Poster Image: The poster image will be displayed before the video is played. It is only available when adding your hosted video, not for YouTube or Vimeo links.
To upload an existing video, select Upload Video. Then select the gray + button, choose the video file, and select OK. It may take a few moments to load.
Select Record Video to record a new video. You can follow the prompts on the screen to record your video. The maximum length of a recorded video is 10 minutes.
Step 4: Select OK to save the video.
Step 5: Continue adding content to the question you are building. The video will appear as a component in the question. The video will appear in full when you save the question.
Method 2: Using the Video Player Feature
This method is outlined in the article below.
Method 3: Embedding a Video
This method allows you to embed a video saved online without downloading it to your device. Why is this helpful? If videos are too large to be uploaded or recorded directly using the video recorder, that video can be added to Google Drive.
Step 1: While composing the question, select the Source icon.
Step 2: Locate your video in Google Drive and select the ellipsis menu (three vertical dots) to the left of the Share button. Next choose the Embed Item.
Step 3: Copy the HTML using CTRL+C or command-C on your keyboard.
Step 4: In Otus, paste the HTML into the Source box and choose OK.
💡Tip: If you need to adjust the size of the iFrame to make the video larger, you can edit the numbers in the HTML code: width="640" height="480".
Step 5: Continue building your question to see the full video displayed.
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